"Percy!" Annabeth Chase called me from the center of the woods. She was standing on top of Zeus's fist, pointing deeper into the forest. We were following the trail of Grover and Juniper, who had disappeared that morning. Our biggest lead was the trail of shredded cans along the forest floor.
"Hi Annabeth," I said, blushing slightly as I realized just how pretty she looked. We walked in silence for about four minutes until we came to a clearing. There was a red and white checkered picnic blanket with delicious looking food set on top of it.
"After you," she said with a smile and a flourish of her hand. Okay, now at this point I seriously thought I was dreaming. The girl of my dreams, making me a picnic? I think I must be the luckiest guy in the world.
"Okay, we've got blue cheese, blue tortilla chips, blue cake, blue soda, and some actual normal colored foods. Dig in!" Annabeth had the biggest smile ever on her face and I marveled at how I had been the one to put it there. We sat there eating and laughing, until we were both finished. Then Annabeth turned to me and said,
"Look, Percy, I've got something to say." All of the sudden I was extremely conscious of the world around me. I saw Juniper and her friends giggling at us from their respective plants, all the different blades of grass. But I couldn't ignore the beautiful girl in front of me for very long. "Look, Percy, I love you." I was shocked, but at the same time not shocked. I liked her, she liked me… I was about to reply when six skeletons came out of the forest. I uncapped riptide, and Annabeth drew her knife. I noticed she hadn't taken out her hat yet, but now was hardly the time to be asking questions.
I took out two skeletons, plus one that Annabeth took out. Two of them converged on me, while the other went for Annabeth. I took a quick glance over my shoulder, and was horrified by what I saw. The skeleton knocked the knife out of Annabeth's hand, and started hitting her with its dead colleague's femur. Soon enough she was unconscious, blood dripping from where she'd been hurt. I was horrified, and with the power of adrenaline and ADHD, I slayed the final three skeletons.
I sprinted to Annabeth, and I lifted her up, and began to carry her to the beach. I walked right into the surf and summoned all the bubbles that I could to make an air bubble. Bubbles, bubbles, bubbles, I thought. I had to save Annabeth. I had to.
With the help of my power over the currents, the bubble swiftly made its way to Poseidon's palace. Any see creature I passed on the way gave a quick, "Lord," and then continued on their way.
Soon I saw a shimmering blue brick of marble, and the front wall of my Dad's undersea palace appeared. Without bothering to knock, I ran to the throne room, with Annabeth on my back.
"Percy!" exclaimed Poseidon when he saw his son. "I wasn't expecting you…" Poseidon paused when he saw Annabeth.
"Help her! Save her!" screamed Percy, biting back tears. Poseidon lifted Annabeth off of Percy's shoulders and held her in his arms.
"I'll see what I can do son. If it is within my power, I will save her." With that, Poseidon turned and jogged off to his infirmary.
And Percy Jackson fell on his knees, crying hysterically, all the while screaming for Annabeth.